Chapter 1449: The Disappearing Tank Team

Chapter 1449 The Disappearing Tank Team

April 2009, 10, sunny.

In his two lives, Chang Haonan had stepped onto this city wall located in the heart of the capital more than once.

However, they all came as tourists.

But this time, it's completely different.

As a certain leader half-jokingly said in the car just now, "Today we are the ones being toured."

Along the way, Chang Haonan actually did a lot of psychological preparation for himself. For example, although he was specially invited to the city wall this time, his position was still relatively to the side. Based on past experience, most of the cameras and sights would be focused on the big guys in the center, and the attention he could get from his position might not be as much as that from the east and west viewing platforms.

For example, if you stand high you can see far, and once you get up there you will only be focused on what is in front of you and won’t remember to be nervous... and so on.

However, psychological construction is ultimately just psychological construction.

When he actually stepped onto the last step and came to the railing, even though he knew that not many people would notice him, his heart beat faster involuntarily.

The entire opening session until the end of the parade was spent in a daze.

It was not until I heard the host of the ceremony announce "the parade begins" that I finally came to my senses.

"Comrade Xiao Chang, you don't have to hold on so tightly."

While the troops were preparing for the parade, a leader in a military uniform came over and whispered:

"This tower is a real cultural relic. If you damage the railings, your headshot will probably be all over the news this afternoon."

Chang Haonan lowered his head when he heard that, and then he noticed that he was holding the armrest in front of him so tightly with both hands that his entire palms were a little pale.

So he quickly let go of her hand and smiled awkwardly:

"No experience, no experience..."

Strangely enough, after such an exchange, his mentality actually calmed down a lot, and his attention was finally able to focus on what was in front of him -

The October sun slanted across the Monument to the People's Heroes, casting long shadows on the blue-gray pavement of Chang'an Avenue. Amid bursts of cheers, the sonorous military music resumed after a brief pause, mixed with the metallic friction sound produced by the movement of pistons in internal combustion engines in the distance, like a prelude to something that was ready to go.

Chang Haonan's fingers unconsciously stroked the golden medal on his chest, watching the three-service guard of honor and military flag slowly appearing from a distance.

Compared with the various types of equipment that follow, the personnel team does not actually have many highlights in terms of intelligence analysis, apart from the brand new military uniforms.

But in terms of the on-site effect alone, the strict military appearance and uniform pace can still bring a considerable degree of visual enjoyment.

The team of more than 350 people is like a steel plate. It is a straight line no matter how you look at it horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

Especially since Chang Haonan used to be either in front of the TV screen or on the viewing stand, his viewing angle was either too low or too far away, and was far less shocking than this time.

For a moment, Chang Haonan even had the urge to take out his cell phone to see what the reactions were on the Internet.

But in the end I endured it.

On the one hand, these days even the 3G network signal has not been fully rolled out, and mobile phone Internet access can only display text, pictures or video clips with very poor clarity. Now that more than people are gathered together, the signal quality is even worse, and I am afraid that even the web pages cannot be refreshed.

On the other hand, he was somewhat burdened, worried that it would be a bit out of place if he was the only one looking down at his phone while everyone else was looking at what was in front of him.

On the contrary, the leader next to Chang Haonan took out a round-shaped mobile phone without a physical keyboard at some point, which made Chang Haonan stunned.

Although the classic iPhone 3G has been on sale for more than a year, and some more astute manufacturers have realized the potential of this type of model and started to follow suit and eliminate physical keyboards, the mainstream market these days is still relatively traditional.

It is indeed somewhat unexpected that an old man in his sixties can be so fashionable in electronic products.

The other party also quickly noticed Chang Haonan's eyes. He didn't care too much at first, but after a long time, he still felt a little strange and explained:

"What? This is a public place outside the military camp. According to the regulations, you can use ordinary personal communication devices as long as they do not involve sensitive information..."

As he spoke, he turned the screen to indicate that he was watching CCTV's live broadcast of the military parade. He obviously misunderstood Chang Haonan's meaning.

The broadcast perspective comes from a specially modified armed helicopter that has replaced the aiming optoelectronic probe with a camera, so although it lacks some details, the field of view is indeed clearer than the scene itself.

One could even vaguely see the smoke and dust emitted when the ground equipment was activated.

"no……"

The latter quickly waved his hand:

"I mean, this signal..."

“A wireless network was specially modified on site.”

After that, the other party asked again:

"What, you don't know?"

Chang Haonan opened his mouth, but for a moment he didn't know what to say.

"Now is the information age, we have to keep up with the times and not fall behind..."

An old man in his sixties gave earnest advice to a young man in his thirties.

No matter how you think about it, it seems to be against Tian Gang:

"Besides, it should be part of our job to see what ordinary people really think about our military parade..."

……

Since the number of marching columns in this parade was only about 60% of that ten years ago, when Chang Haonan opened the live broadcast webpage, the live camera suddenly gave a close-up of the first ground equipment column.

The commentator's voice suddenly rose:

"Now coming towards us is the main battle tank formation!"

Chang Haonan looked up and saw eighteen Type 99A main battle tanks with brand-new wedge-shaped turrets rolling steadily across the central axis of history with an accuracy of millimeters and seconds, accompanied by low tremors.

At this moment, he heard cheers from the viewing stand resounding through the sky, pushing the atmosphere on the scene to a climax.

No matter how the times change, at least in occasions like parades, tanks will always be the most exciting iconic symbol.

Thanks to the rapid development of China's machinery and vehicle industries, prototype vehicles using the same chassis had appeared in the public eye as early as 10 years ago, and in the first few years of the new century, several main army units were quickly replaced.

But the model that appeared on the parade this time was still an obviously upgraded model.

On the mobile phone screen that Chang Haonan didn't notice, CCTV's live camera suddenly gave a close-up of the top of the turret. The prismatic optical window in the picture glowed with a deep blue, and the comments instantly flooded the topic column on the side.

[Look at the block in front of the commander! Is it the legendary laser suppression system? ]

The crowd can always come up with strange associations.

But someone soon gave an explanation:

[That's the commander's periscope... This means this model should already have the commander's ability to shoot beyond the scope of the gun.]

[Today's tanks are still similar to cars, with power and electricity provided separately... Without changing the chassis, it is probably difficult to allocate enough power for suppression interference, and at most some deception can be applied to the ranging signal.]

[I am more concerned about the thing behind the turret. It looks like some kind of active defense device...]

【…】

The hot search list is also being updated in real time:

Type 99A tank true appearance (exploded)

99A tank active defense system

New infantry fighting vehicle

Under the most popular entry, a military blogger soon released a comparison picture: Although the early Type 99 turret is no longer a pot-shaped style, it still appears to be somewhat rounded, with many characteristics of the casting process. At this moment, the wedge-shaped turret on the screen has sharp edges, and the composite armor external module presents a very technological geometric section.

However, as the saying goes, the layman sees the excitement, while the expert sees the details.

Compared to the spectators watching through the screen, the media and military attachés from various countries who were invited to the scene were obviously more concerned about the lineup arrangement of the parade itself.

"Something's wrong."

In the foreign guest area on the west side of the viewing platform, Major General Andrew Scheer loosened his tie. On the notebook in front of him was scribbled the geometric shape of a tank formation. The three arrows that were originally expected were now only a single one:

"It seems that the last two tank columns were not missed, but simply cancelled..."

During the rehearsal stage in the parade village, satellites had clearly observed three different types of tanks. Similar situations are not uncommon in China's past military parades, and they are generally named "Tank Squadron X" respectively.

But during the later live rehearsal stage, he was unable to find those medium tanks named Type 96 on the Internet.

At first I thought the person taking the photo had missed it, or had just happened to choose a less-traveled route into the city.

But now it seems that it was probably cut off temporarily.